Network vows protests if court staff don’t vacate houses on Doi Suthep

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Network vows protests if court staff don’t vacate houses

By THE NATION

 

 

THE DOI Suthep Forest Reclamation Network yesterday called for the Courts of Justice to return 45 houses and nine flats in the controversial housing project built on the forested slopes of Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep to the Treasury Department. The request also entails eviction of 30 families who have recently moved into the properties.

 

If the court failed to act on the government-brokered agreement to hand over that part of the project for demolition and reforestation, the network would mobilise a major protest, warned network coordinator Teerasak Rupsuwan. “We know these families moved into the flats in April, before the agreement was reached. But as it was agreed no one will stay in the forestland, the court has to adhere to the government’s order,” he said.

 

 

The network is waiting for the June 18 deadline when the contractor will hand over the last phase of the project to the court, so that the process to return a portion of the buildings can begin. But reports of 30 families moving in, with clothes seen drying on balconies, plus a rumour that the contractor may miss the deadline, have prompted concern that the court may ignore the order. 

The controversial estate in Mae Rim district comprises the residential area of 13 flats and 45 houses and the Administrative Office building of Appeal Region 5.

 

The government in early May agreed that the land on which 45 houses and nine flats, deemed to be located on forestland, would be eventually handed back to the Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, while the court can keep the office building and four flats. 

 

 

The network will this week file a fresh request with the provincial governor to survey the premises, said Teerasak, after a court on Tuesday limited access to network members who were not academics and government officials. This time they hope to acc4ess the estate on June 18 and announce the results to the public on June 19, he added.

 

 

Network spokesman Pannaros Buaklee on Tuesday said the whole committee was set up legally and was acting on the prime minister’s order to study facts. Thus the court’s “regrettable move” would be reported to the government, since limiting access to the site would lead to a delayed resolution, he said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30347691

 

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[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

the court has to adhere to the government’s order,”

apparently They don't see it that way; this case is So Thai;  as some thais mindlessly say: 'we do it our way' ; indeed they do, laws are so inconvenient...

[yellowboat]

What a travesty.  Just more junta lip service.  They are said to go after encroachers yet they are one the worst.  

[tracker1]

And they really thought they had a victory ! most knew otherwise !!!!

[Ponlamai]

What a farce!! The ruling elite have complete freedom whilst a multi-generation Karen village in a much later declared National Park, get burned, murdered and evicted from their homes! Justice is non existent for the poor in Thailand and many other Feudal societies nearby.

[connda]

Looks like they sent in the squatter which will provide legal standing to tell the world to buzz off.

Welcome to Thailand where the influential thumb their noses at the unwashed masses.

[Krataiboy]

One law for the poor, such as the Karen kicked out of their ancestral homelands, and another for the rich and powerful. I bet an awful lot of Thais can't wait to get hold of their general election ballot papers.

[tifino]

 

there's never a policeman mudslide around when you actually want one!

[White Christmas13]

8 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

One law for the poor, such as the Karen kicked out of their ancestral homelands, and another for the rich and powerful. I bet an awful lot of Thais can't wait to get hold of their general election ballot papers.

 

8 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

One law for the poor, such as the Karen kicked out of their ancestral homelands, and another for the rich and powerful. I bet an awful lot of Thais can't wait to get hold of their general election ballot papers.

What election?

[MikeN]

47 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

One law for the poor, such as the Karen kicked out of their ancestral homelands, and another for the rich and powerful. I bet an awful lot of Thais can't wait to get hold of their general election ballot papers.

And they will probably vote for the same people that were in power when this land grab was approved back in 2005,  a different name but the same Big Brother pulling the strings.....guess who was in power then ? You think all this is a recent development under the military govt ?

Chiang Mai was a Shinawatra stronghold, none of the locals made a fuss back then when the TRT govt approved this land grab.

Edited June 14, 2018 by MikeN